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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Surgeons allegedly left 16 medical items in body of German cancer patient外科醫師據稱遺留16件醫療物品在德國癌症病患體內
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A hospital in Germany is being sued for medical malpractice after surgeons allegedly left more than a dozen medical odds and ends inside a cancer patient’s body during a 2009 operation.
德國一家醫院的外科醫師據稱在2009年一場手術中，將十幾件醫療雜物留在一名癌症患者體內，醫院因此被控告醫療疏失。
The man, identified by the Daily Mail as 74-year-old Dirk Schroeder, had undergone a "routine surgery" for prostate cancer. The operation was believed to have gone well and Schroeder was told that he had at least "another six years" to live.
這名被「每日郵報」指認為74歲、名為德克．施若德的男子，因攝護腺癌接受一場「普通手術」。據信手術順利，而且施若德被告知他至少還可再活6年。
However, post-surgery, Schroeder discovered that his wounds had healed badly. According to his family, his pain was so intense that he often could not sit.
然而，施若德術後發現他的傷口癒合狀況不好。據他家人說，他常痛到不能坐。
When surgeons operated on Schroeder again, they were stunned to find 16 pieces of medical equipment in the man’s body. This included "a needle, a six-inch roll of bandage, a six-inch long compress, several swabs and a fragment of surgical mask," writes the Daily Mail.
醫師再度為施若德開刀時，在這名男子體內發現16件醫療物品，令他們感到震驚。這些物品包括「一支針、一捲6吋繃帶、一塊6吋長的敷布、數支棉棒以及手術口罩的碎片」，每日郵報寫道。
Incredibly, Schroeder survived this traumatic incident -- but the septuagenarian died last year due to complications that arose from his cancer.
不可思議地，施若德熬過這次創傷事件，但是這名年逾70的老翁去年因癌症引起的併發症去世。
A battle over compensation between Schroeder’s family and the hospital has allegedly been going on since 2010.
據稱施若德家人與醫院2010年起就為了賠償問題爭戰。
新聞辭典
malpractice：名詞，不當醫療行為；瀆職；不當行為。例句：Dozens were in custody for election malpractices.（數十人因選舉舞弊遭拘押。）
odds and ends：名詞（俚語），零星雜物、剩餘的瑣碎物品。例句：The thieves only took some odds and ends, nothing valuable.（小偷只偷走些雜物，沒什麼價值。）
stun：動詞，使震驚、使昏迷，擊昏。例句：The country was stunned by the magnitude of this disaster.（這起災害的規模讓全國震驚。）
